Their decision, however, was unanimous: the “Gran Premio Assoluto” overall prize has been awarded to the
Manifesto, a design by six students from the ISD-Rubika at Valenciennes, France: Frenchmen Michael
Barthly, Grimaud Gervex and Jean Baptiste Epinat, and Belgians Michael Kalyvianakis, Stanislas Oleksiak,
and William Stock.
The jury was won over by the completeness of the Manifesto design as well as the students’ ability to create
a coherent overall vision of the car spanning its exterior, cabin and running gear. The spectacular door opening
mechanism also highlights the evolution of the interior functions, using future-forward technologies. The
exterior is instantly recognisable despite the fact that it incorporates certain orthodox features.
The jury also wanted to make a special mention of the FL by Roman Egorov, the only design that focused
solely on the cabin. They commented that the Russian student from the Hochschule Pforzheim in Germany
very successfully applied a highly unconventional design language to the car interior, integrating and
rethinking the human-machine interface in the process. He also partnered luxury, noble materials rather opting
than for the typical carbon-leather combination of today, demonstrating his ability to look well beyond
accepted convention.
Last but not least, the “Premio Speciale”, decided by an online ballot, went to the de Esfera, the work of three
students from Hongik University in Seoul, Korea: Chae wook Lee, Ha kyoung Yeom and Woo jin Jung.
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